MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of December 31, 2019
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 87.61 | 14-3-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 66.61 | 18-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bader | HW | 54.03 | 21-5-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 46.81 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 32.35 | 28-10-2 | Bell | |
| 7 | 6 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 28.97 | 8-2-0 | UFC | •1/25 vs. #13 Junior dos Santos |
| 8 | 7 | Philip De Fries | HW | 27.73 | 11-6-0 | KSW | |
| 21 | 8 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | HW | 26.87 | 4-0-0 | UFC | Beat #6 Alistair Overeem |
| 10 | 9 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 26.73 | 19-6-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 10 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 26.65 | 23-8-1 | UFC | --last rated win -25 months. |
| 11 | 11 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 24.23 | 34-11-2 | Bell | |
| 12 | 12 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 23.18 | 11-5-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 22.31 | 15-5-0 | UFC | •1/25 vs. #6 Curtis Blaydes |
| 15 | 14 | Ali Isaev | HW | 22.24 | 7-0-0 | Prof | Beat Jared Rosholt |
| 6 | 15 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 21.85 | 39-18-0 | UFC | Lost to #21 Jairzinho Rozenstruik |
| 14 | 16 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 20.84 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -41 months. |
| 16 | 17 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 19.64 | 4-1-1 | ACB | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 17 | 18 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 19.63 | 14-1-0 | Bell | |
| 18 | 19 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 17.49 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 19 | 20 | Amir Aliakbari | HW | 16.80 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 20 | 21 | Sergei Pavlovich | HW | 16.57 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Linton Vassell | HW | 14.07 | 10-6-0 | Bell | |
| 23 | 23 | Augusto Sakai | HW | 13.92 | 7-1-1 | UFC | |
| 24 | 24 | Tyrell Fortune | HW | 13.80 | 3-0-0 | Bell | |
| 25 | 25 | Arjan Singh Bhullar | HW | 13.54 | 4-1-0 | One |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 80.73 | 19-1-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 32.21 | 19-6-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 29.80 | 6-2-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Phil Davis | LH | 27.01 | 16-5-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 5 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 23.83 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -40 months. |
| 6 | 6 | Dominick Reyes | LH | 23.80 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 7 | Corey Anderson | LH | 23.46 | 8-3-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 8 | Luke Rockhold | LH | 23.20 | 14-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -27 months. |
| 9 | 9 | Tomasz Narkun | LH | 23.19 | 12-3-0 | KSW | |
| 10 | 10 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 21.65 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 11 | Dovlet. Yagshimuradov | LH | 20.51 | 6-0-0 | ACA | Beat #26 Aleksei Butorin |
| 11 | 12 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 20.51 | 23-6-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 13 | Aung La N Sang | LH | 17.90 | 10-4-0 | One | |
| 15 | 14 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 17.85 | 16-4-2 | Prof | |
| 16 | 15 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 17.74 | 12-5-0 | UFC | |
| 44 | 16 | Volkan Oezdemir | LH | 17.50 | 6-4-0 | UFC | Beat #12 Aleksandar Rakic |
| 17 | 17 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 17.44 | 19-8-0 | UFC | |
| 35 | 18 | Emiliano Sordi | LH | 17.14 | 8-6-0 | Prof | Beat #19 Jordan Johnson |
| 18 | 19 | Shamil Gamzatov | LH | 16.85 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 20 | Jiri Prochazka | LH | 15.59 | 12-1-1 | Rizi | Beat #76 C.B. Dollaway |
| 20 | 21 | Ronaldo Souza | LH | 15.40 | 22-7-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 22 | 22 | Alonzo Menifield | LH | 15.23 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 23 | Nasrudin Nasrudinov | LH | 15.07 | 2-0-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 24 | Ryan Spann | LH | 14.92 | 7-4-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 25 | Sean O'Connell | LH | 14.85 | 11-9-0 | Prof | --last rated win -12 months. |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 64.35 | 6-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 61.02 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -25 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 49.73 | 12-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 4 | 4 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 43.32 | 7-0-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 5 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 41.91 | 37-7-2 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Paulo Henrique Costa | MW | 32.82 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 32.04 | 6-4-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Yoel Romero | MW | 26.89 | 10-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -22 months. |
| 9 | 9 | Darren Till | MW | 25.18 | 6-2-1 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Derek Brunson | MW | 22.69 | 15-7-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 11 | Scott Askham | MW | 22.67 | 11-4-0 | KSW | Beat #33 Mamed Khalidov |
| 12 | 12 | Jack Hermansson | MW | 22.63 | 15-5-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 13 | Michael Bisping | MW | 22.14 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -38 months. |
| 14 | 14 | Bruno 'Blindado' Silva | MW | 20.38 | 5-1-0 | M-1 | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 15 | 15 | Edmen Shahbazyan | MW | 20.20 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 16 | Omari Akhmedov | MW | 19.53 | 8-3-1 | UFC | Beat #24 Ian Heinisch |
| 16 | 17 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 19.40 | 11-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 17 | 18 | John Salter | MW | 18.79 | 11-4-0 | Bell | |
| 18 | 19 | Salamu Abdurahmanov | MW | 18.66 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 19 | 20 | Brendan Allen | MW | 16.45 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 21 | Magomed Ismailov | MW | 16.26 | 5-1-1 | ACA | |
| 22 | 22 | Lyoto Machida | MW | 15.94 | 25-9-0 | Bell | |
| 25 | 23 | Marvin Vettori | MW | 15.07 | 5-2-1 | UFC | |
| 26 | 24 | Anatoly Tokov | MW | 15.01 | 9-1-0 | Bell | |
| 27 | 25 | Dricus Du Plessis | MW | 14.95 | 5-1-0 | EFC |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 77.32 | 11-0-0 | UFC |  Beat #2 Colby Covington |
| 3 | 2 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 45.87 | 16-4-1 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 4 | 3 | Jorge Masvidal | WW | 43.73 | 33-13-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 4 | Douglas Lima | WW | 41.01 | 17-3-0 | Bell | |
| 6 | 5 | Leon Edwards | WW | 38.53 | 12-2-0 | UFC | |
| 2 | 6 | Colby Covington | WW | 37.86 | 9-2-0 | UFC | Lost to #1 Kamaru Usman |
| 7 | 7 | Conor McGregor | WW | 37.20 | 13-2-0 | UFC | •1/18 vs. #35 Donald Cerrone |
| 8 | 8 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 32.05 | 9-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 9 | 9 | Demian Maia | WW | 32.02 | 26-9-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Jon Fitch | WW | 26.72 | 30-6-2 | Bell | |
| 11 | 11 | Anthony Rocco Martin | WW | 24.00 | 12-5-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Gilbert Burns | WW | 23.83 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 13 | Lorenz Larkin | WW | 23.71 | 13-7-0 | Bell | Beat #83 Keita Nakamura |
| 13 | 14 | James Nakashima | WW | 23.48 | 9-0-0 | One | |
| 14 | 15 | Jingliang Li | WW | 23.34 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 16 | Ben Askren | WW | 23.32 | 15-2-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 17 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 23.20 | 10-0-0 | Prof | |
| 17 | 18 | Stephen Thompson | WW | 22.95 | 11-4-1 | UFC | |
| 20 | 19 | Geoff Neal | WW | 22.93 | 8-1-0 | UFC | Beat #81 Mike Perry |
| 19 | 20 | Albert Tumenov | WW | 22.23 | 12-4-0 | ACA | |
| 21 | 21 | Rafael dos Anjos | WW | 20.65 | 21-10-0 | UFC | •1/25 vs. #64 Michael Chiesa |
| 22 | 22 | Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi | WW | 19.68 | 4-1-0 | Brav | |
| 23 | 23 | Roberto Soldic | WW | 19.58 | 7-1-0 | KSW | |
| 24 | 24 | Belal Muhammad | WW | 19.40 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 25 | Logan Storley | WW | 19.35 | 6-0-0 | Bell |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 84.53 | 14-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 64.18 | 18-1-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 48.24 | 20-6-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 31.28 | 15-2-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 5 | Natan Schulte | LW | 30.04 | 10-1-1 | Prof | Beat #18 Loik Radzhabov |
| 23 | 6 | Tofiq Musayev | LW | 29.41 | 8-1-0 | Rizi | Beat #48 Johnny Case; Beat #12 Patricky Freire |
| 5 | 7 | Diego Ferreira | LW | 29.27 | 10-2-0 | UFC | •1/18 vs. #56 Anthony Pettis |
| 6 | 8 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 28.88 | 26-7-0 | One | |
| 7 | 9 | Timofey Nastyukhin | LW | 28.13 | 5-3-0 | One | |
| 8 | 10 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 28.07 | 19-8-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 11 | Ali Bagov | LW | 27.92 | 12-7-0 | ACA | |
| 10 | 12 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 26.58 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Christian Lee | LW | 23.76 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 14 | 14 | Mansour Barnaoui | LW | 23.52 | 12-4-0 | Road | |
| 19 | 15 | Michael Chandler | LW | 22.90 | 16-5-0 | Bell | Beat #57 Sidney Outlaw |
| 15 | 16 | Kevin Lee | LW | 21.42 | 15-5-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 17 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 21.39 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 17 | 18 | Alexander Hernandez | LW | 21.33 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 19 | Paul Felder | LW | 20.47 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 20 | Benson Henderson | LW | 20.05 | 25-8-0 | Bell | |
| 22 | 21 | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | LW | 19.91 | 7-1-0 | ACA | |
| 24 | 22 | Eduard Vartanyan | LW | 19.74 | 11-3-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 23 | Elias Silverio | LW | 19.66 | 7-4-1 | ACA | |
| 26 | 24 | Leonardo Santos | LW | 19.64 | 8-0-1 | UFC | |
| 31 | 25 | Goiti Yamauchi | LW | 19.42 | 9-3-0 | Bell | Beat #105 Daron Cruickshank |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | December results; •January schedule |
| 3 | 1 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 53.53 | 13-0-0 | UFC |  Beat #1 Max Holloway |
| 2 | 2 | Patricio Freire | FW | 48.70 | 17-4-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 3 | Lance Palmer | FW | 36.43 | 18-3-0 | Prof | Beat Alex Gilpin |
| 1 | 4 | Max Holloway | FW | 35.05 | 19-5-0 | UFC | Lost to #3 Alexander Volkanovski |
| 5 | 5 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 29.42 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Mateusz Gamrot | FW | 27.00 | 9-0-0 | KSW | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 8 | 7 | A.J. McKee | FW | 26.70 | 10-0-0 | Bell | Beat #101 Derek Campos |
| 7 | 8 | Martin Nguyen | FW | 26.18 | 6-2-0 | One | |
| 9 | 9 | Brian Ortega | FW | 24.60 | 7-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -21 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Dan Ige | FW | 23.89 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 22.22 | 13-3-0 | Bell | |
| 12 | 12 | Ryogo Takahashi | FW | 21.74 | 10-3-0 | One | •1/10 vs. #67 Thanh Le |
| 13 | 13 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 21.44 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 14 | Josh Emmett | FW | 20.73 | 9-2-0 | UFC | •1/25 vs. #24 Arnold Allen |
| 15 | 15 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 20.33 | 21-5-2 | Panc | |
| 16 | 16 | Felipe Froes | FW | 20.16 | 5-2-0 | ACA | |
| 30 | 17 | Salahdine Parnasse | FW | 19.24 | 5-0-0 | KSW | Beat #47 Ivan Buchinger |
| 17 | 18 | Darrion Caldwell | FW | 19.23 | 9-3-0 | Bell | •1/25 vs. #36 Adam Borics |
| 51 | 19 | Chan Sung Jung | FW | 18.36 | 10-5-0 | UFC | Beat #22 Frankie Edgar |
| 18 | 20 | Pedro Carvalho | FW | 18.02 | 4-0-0 | Bell | |
| 19 | 21 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 17.92 | 5-0-0 | UFC | Beat Matt Sayles |
| 20 | 22 | Daniel Pineda | FW | 17.67 | 13-6-0 | Prof | |
| 21 | 23 | Busurmankul Abdibait | FW | 17.40 | 4-0-1 | M-1 | |
| 29 | 24 | Mikuru Asakura | FW | 17.05 | 7-1-0 | Rizi | Beat #132 John Teixeira |
| 23 | 25 | Tetsuya Seki | FW | 16.87 | 11-5-1 | ZST |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 57.30 | 9-2-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 49.33 | 21-2-0 | One | |
| 4 | 3 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 35.22 | 26-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 5 | 4 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 34.88 | 12-3-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 5 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 30.68 | 18-4-0 | UFC | Beat #13 Jose Aldo |
| 66 | 6 | Manel Kape | BW | 28.82 | 6-3-0 | Rizi | Beat #3 Kai Asakura |
| 6 | 7 | Shoko Sato | BW | 26.97 | 18-10-2 | One | •1/31 vs. Kwon Won Il |
| 3 | 8 | Kai Asakura | BW | 26.71 | 9-2-0 | Rizi | Lost to #66 Manel Kape |
| 12 | 9 | Hiromasa Ogikubo | BW | 26.66 | 16-4-1 | Rizi | Beat #10 Shintaro Ishiwatari |
| 8 | 10 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 25.70 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Petr Yan | BW | 25.60 | 8-0-0 | UFC | Beat #25 Urijah Faber |
| 9 | 12 | Victor Henry | BW | 24.57 | 12-4-0 | Rizi | |
| 28 | 13 | Raoni Barcelos | BW | 20.74 | 7-1-0 | UFC | Beat #22 Said Nurmagomedov |
| 14 | 14 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 20.52 | 9-5-0 | One | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 15 | 15 | Stephen Loman | BW | 19.75 | 5-0-0 | Brav | |
| 16 | 16 | Takumi Tamaru | BW | 19.29 | 6-1-1 | Shoo | |
| 17 | 17 | Ryo Okada | BW | 19.17 | 10-3-3 | Shoo | |
| 19 | 18 | Casey Kenney | BW | 19.06 | 7-1-1 | UFC | |
| 21 | 19 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 18.73 | 8-2-1 | Shoo | |
| 24 | 20 | Patrick Mix | BW | 18.51 | 7-0-0 | Rizi | Beat #68 Yuki Motoya |
| 20 | 21 | Dominick Cruz | BW | 18.34 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -42 months. |
| 18 | 22 | Cody Stamann | BW | 17.77 | 9-1-1 | UFC | Draw vs. #50 Yadong Song |
| 23 | 23 | Kazuma Kuramoto | BW | 17.08 | 5-0-0 | Shoo | |
| 26 | 24 | John Lineker | BW | 16.88 | 11-3-0 | One | |
| 47 | 25 | Rob Font | BW | 16.83 | 9-3-0 | UFC | Beat #39 Ricky Simon |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 40.22 | 21-3-1 | One |  |
| 2 | 2 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 29.96 | 11-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Joseph Benavidez | FL | 28.76 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 21.14 | 3-1-0 | One | •1/31 vs. #69 Alex 'Little Rock' Silva |
| 6 | 5 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 19.91 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 7 | 6 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 19.70 | 11-1-0 | DEEP | Beat Fuhito Hasegawa |
| 8 | 7 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 19.48 | 11-3-0 | Panc | |
| 9 | 8 | Danny Kingad | FL | 19.14 | 4-1-0 | One | •1/31 vs. Wei Xie |
| 10 | 9 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 19.05 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 36 | 10 | Jarred Brooks | FL | 18.90 | 7-2-0 | Bell | Beat #5 Haruo Ochi |
| 11 | 11 | Yosuke Saruta | FL | 18.84 | 15-7-3 | One | |
| 13 | 12 | Jussier Formiga | FL | 18.61 | 13-6-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 13 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 17.74 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 15 | 14 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | FL | 17.51 | 4-0-0 | FNG | |
| 41 | 15 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 16.95 | 6-2-0 | UFC | Beat #12 Matt Schnell |
| 16 | 16 | Lito Adiwang | FL | 16.74 | 2-0-0 | One | •1/31 vs. Pongsiri Mitsatit |
| 17 | 17 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 16.34 | 5-2-0 | One | |
| 27 | 18 | Brandon Moreno | FL | 16.17 | 5-2-1 | UFC | Beat #28 Kai Kara-France |
| 24 | 19 | Makoto Takahashi | FL | 16.09 | 9-1-1 | Bell | Beat #34 Yusaku Nakamura |
| 18 | 20 | Askar Askarov | FL | 15.89 | 5-0-1 | UFC | •1/18 vs. Tim Elliott |
| 20 | 21 | Grant Dawson | FL | 15.44 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 22 | Chihiro Suzuki | FL | 15.36 | 3-0-0 | Panc | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 21 | 23 | Aleksander Doskalchuk | FL | 14.92 | 3-0-0 | M-1 | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 5 | 24 | Haruo Ochi | FL | 14.77 | 15-8-2 | Bell | Lost to #36 Jarred Brooks |
| 22 | 25 | Imran Bukuev | FL | 14.09 | 2-0-0 | ACA |